Girls' name · since 1998
Eireann
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 33 babies named Eireann, peaking in 1999. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #39,807 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 33
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Eireann is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 33 have been recorded since 1998.
Eireann has 33 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2009.
- #39,807 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 33 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eireann ranks #39,807 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 33 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #39,807 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 33
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Eireann's 33 recorded births place it above 44.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Eireann's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Eireann's full recorded timeline at 2003, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Eireann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2009
- Peak year (1999)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Eireann by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (22 births, 67% of the file).
2000s was Eireann's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Eireann births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 22 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Eireann: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~11 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Eireann draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.